First outbreak response using an oral cholera vaccine in Africa: vaccine coverage, acceptability and surveillance of adverse events, Guinea, 2012.

• Main Authors: Francisco J Luquero (Author), Lise Grout (Author), Iza Ciglenecki (Author), Keita Sakoba (Author), Bala Traore (Author), Melat Heile (Author), Alpha Amadou Dialo (Author), Christian Itama (Author), Micaela Serafini (Author), Dominique Legros (Author), Rebecca F Grais (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Despite World Health Organization (WHO) prequalification of two safe and effective oral cholera vaccines (OCV), concerns about the acceptability, potential diversion of resources, cost and feasibility of implementing timely campaigns has discouraged their use. In 2012, the Ministry of He...